SHOCKING: 20% WOMEN IN THE US: RAPED

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192494

Nearly 20% of women in the US are raped or suffer attempted rape at some point in their lives, a US study says.

Even more women, estimated at 25%, have been attacked by a partner or husband, the Centers for Disease Control said.

The findings form part of the first set of results from a nationwide study surveying sexual violence by intimate partners against men and women.

More than 24 people a minute reported rape, violence, or stalking, it says, with 12 million offences reported.

Experts at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) described the results of the first year of the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey as "astounding".

Among the key figures included in the survey's findings were:

more than one million women were raped in the 12 months prior to the survey, estimates show
more than six million women and men were a victim of stalking
more than 12 million women and men reported rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner over the course of a year.

Lifelong hurt

"People who experience sexual violence, stalking or intimate partner violence often deal with the effects for their entire life," said Dr Linda Degutis, director of CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

Many of those attacked experience rape or sexual assault in their early years, with almost 80% of rape victims suffering their ordeal before the age of 25.

Some 35% of women raped before they were aged 18 were also raped as adults, Dr Degutis added.

Among the effects measured by the study, Dr Degutis said, were increased fears for safety and incidents of post-traumatic stress among victims.

Clinical conditions including asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, frequent headaches, chronic pain and difficulty sleeping were also more likely in women who are raped or subject to assault.

There were also clear findings about the incidences of attacks on men and observations about health impacts on men who suffer rape or sexual assault.

An estimated one in 71 men has been raped at some point in their lives, the study finds.

Almost 53% of male victims experienced some form of intimate partner violence for the first time before the age of 25. Some 25% of male rape victims were first raped when they were 10 years old or younger, the findings show.

The study data was based on a survey of 9,086 women and 7,421 men from around the US, the CDC said. Results were weighted in an effort to ensure nationally representative results.

Researchers conceded that sample size limited the study, but said they felt the methods used in the survey were likely to encourage genuine responses.

Research was carried out in a health context, the CDC said, without involvement of law enforcement, in an effort to ensure respondents felt able to describe incidents that could have involved close friends or family members.

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SHOCKING: 20% WOMEN IN THE US: RAPED

So many innocent incidence can be listed as rape, how ever I wonder if one is really horny, and his partner is not in the mood, and yet he goes ahead, without the partner complaining.....can that be consider as rape???

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Hmmm could there might be another reason?

50% of the US population in poverty!!!

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are they forced to marry their rapists as well?

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Originally posted by raymond:
are they forced to marry their rapists as well?

Well not in US but in Pakistan/Afghanistan.

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Rape is a serious crime. I have a daughter so I can relate to the situation.

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Originally posted by Nuff:
Rape is a serious crime. I have a daughter so I can relate to the situation.

We all do have womenfolk Nuffie, but out there, it is unpredictable.

Saw this movie recently which gives an account of how women can easily and seriously end up in problems.



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rape in the US has very broad scope. It is not limited to sexual penetration but groping, unwanted kissing etc.

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Originally posted by D2:
rape in the US has very broad scope. It is not limited to sexual penetration but groping, unwanted kissing etc.

Bai count pun you fu cum up with this dotishness. Rape is rape you dummy, whether it is done by Indians, or Chinese and ohhh yes your favorite whites too. You proppa like talk bout penetration nah???

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Originally posted by Streetsmart:

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Originally posted by D2:
rape in the US has very broad scope. It is not limited to sexual penetration but groping, unwanted kissing etc.

Bai count pun you fu cum up with this dotishness. Rape is rape you dummy, whether it is done by Indians, or Chinese and ohhh yes your favorite whites too. You proppa like talk bout penetration nah???

Rape is what it is defined to be in the statutes. Why has the PPP not even arrested as they did Peter, the Chinese form china trading that assaulted Amerind kids? WHy not those who impregnated 11 year olds at the plywood factory and left many underage Amerind girls with child and absconded back to china? You scums have our underage girls in your hotels and bars and illegal dives all over the coast and say not a damn thing? Rohee and Beri Beri has been accused of rape why not a look to see if there were merit to the claims?

Actually this is about the holier than thou U.S.of A.

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Originally posted by TI:
Actually this is about the holier than thou U.S.of A.

The US is a secular state. No religion urges its legal statutes.

One would not expect 20% of an advanced society to be so discriminated against. This is not a backward mideast society.

Women as a whole have been abused.

Almost two-thirds of female population are abused – GPHC Official
October 11, 2011 | By KNews | Filed Under News


It is believed that almost two-thirds of the female population suffer from domestic violence and are attended to by health officials. This figure could represent a significant shortfall of the actual case as all health officials may not be equipped with the relevant investigative skills to determine certain forms of domestic violence. This assumption was recently offered by Consultant Anaesthetist attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Dr Vivienne Mitchell, in an invited comment to this publication.



“We think it is about 67 percent of the female population that are abused, but there is not enough good data, and so we don’t know all the patients who are really suffering from domestic violence… “We have not been able to do enough good studies to precisely pinpoint what were domestic violence and what were not. “A woman might come in with burns and she might die and it might be treated as a suicide or an accident but we did not investigate to find out what really was the cause…if it was indeed intimate violence.”

A recent seminar which came as a result of the Georgetown Public Hospital collaborating with the United States-based Vanderbilt University, was geared at helping health workers and other relevant officials to discern the subtle forms of domestic violence, the likes of infidelity and verbal abuse. This move, according to Dr Mitchell, comes as part of the efforts to help stem the rising scourge of the social challenge which occurs between intimate partners. Vanderbilt University, according to her, has been working along with the Public Hospital for some time now and “they have all of these innovative teaching methods that we can use to improve the way we deal with this problem.

“I had concluded a long time ago that adults cannot be taught because if you tell them one thing they still go back and do the same thing over and over, but with the Vanderbilt experts on board, I think their methods will prove to be effective.” The support is especially needed in the health sector, she added, since there is no doctor in Guyana who is a domestic violence specialist. And there are already plans apace to ensure that such educational programmes are sustained, as according to Dr Mitchell, a grant proposal has been submitted to the Global Fund.

“The Vanderbilt people are just here to get us started…it’s a trainer of trainers thing we are doing here and then we will have our own programme where our people will be doing the training…” The programme comes as part of efforts to complement measures that are already in place to address domestic violence. According to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, Guyana has one of the most advanced Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Act in the Caribbean. He pointed to the fact that Guyana has pioneered the Domestic Violence Act within the Caribbean and in recent times has amended the Sexual Offences Act to make it more contemporary. In addition, following a ‘stamp it out’ campaign that was conducted from 2006 to 2008, Guyana introduced a new Sexual Offences Act. “We are in the process of implementing these Acts…There are responsibilities across sectors…all the different sectors, security, human services, health, education, we all have responsibilities under these Acts.”

But although the Ministry of Health has been working very closely with the various concerned organisations such as the Ministries of Human Services and Home Affairs in implementing the Acts, there are still obvious gaps, thus the need for continued educational development, Minister Ramsammy said.

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Originally posted by TI:
One would not expect 20% of an advanced society to be so discriminated against. This is not a backward mideast society.

well...compared to 90% of ME women..it not so bad

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Originally posted by raymond:

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Originally posted by TI:
One would not expect 20% of an advanced society to be so discriminated against. This is not a backward mideast society.

well...compared to 90% of ME women..it not so bad

that is 100% for saudi!

It is funny how a story becomes distorted by the time it reaches this forum. The story first started out as 20% of women raped or sexually abused in the US. Now it has become 20% of women in the US raped. ahhahahahahhaahah